Philly Cheese Steak

The Best Philly Cheese Steak recipe made right in the comfort of your own home!

This Best Philly Cheese Steak recipe boasts crazy tender, marinated steak, flavorful crisp tender bell peppers and ooey gooey cheese all sandwich in between a hoagie bun. The incredible marinated steak and spiced mayo set these Philly Cheese Steaks worlds above other recipes and you won’t believe how easy they are. These Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches make a fabulous game day food, guest food, or just a fun dinner any night of the week. You haven’t tried Philly Cheese Steaks until you try these!

This Best Philly Cheese Steak recipe is sponsored by Sargento® Cheese. All opinions are 100% mine.

Philly Cheese Steak Recipe

I’ve mentioned my obsession with Philly Cheese Steaks here before. I crave them almost more than any other food. Thus my Alfredo Philly Cheese Steak Pizza (one of my first posts, terrible pics but SO GOOD) and my Philly Cheese Steak Egg Rolls and I’ve already photographed a Philly Cheese Steak Soup to share with you. I love Cheesesteak so much that our authentic hole in the wall Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich shop was my requested Valentines destination. True love.

So while I can’t claim to have ever been to Pat’s or Geno’s, I’ve dined at my fair share of transplanted authentic Philly Cheesesteak shops to know what makes the Best Philly Cheese Steak recipe – AND what makes a bad one – no dry filling, bland meat or plain buns here!

So while these Philly Cheese Steak are not 100% authentic (I use provolone with sharp cheese (sorry purists), they are some pretty unbelievably delicious Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches brimming with juicy chopped steak, peppers, poblanos and onions smothered in melty cheese – and I daresay the BEST homemade Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich recipe I have triad yet – I hope you agree!

What goes on a Philly cheesesteak?

Philly Cheese Steak are known as Philadelphia cheese steak, Philly cheese steak, cheese steak sandwich, cheese steak, or steak and cheese but they all boast the same tantalizing filling of thinly sliced steak and melted cheese served on a hoagie roll. Many Philly Cheese Steaks also include sauteed onions and bell peppers. Some versions also contain mushrooms, sweet peppers.hot peppers, banana peppers, pimientos, pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, olives and/or pepperoncinis,

What cut of meat is best for Philly cheese steak?

There are a few important factors to create the Best Philly Cheese Steak recipe starting with the cut of meat. Ribeye is the traditional cut of beef and if we weren’t marinating the beef, I would highly recommend only that for its fat/marbling which keeps the meat moist and flavorful BUT because we are marinating the beef, feel free to substitute a less pricey cut such as top sirloin or skirt.

What type of cheese goes on Philly cheese steaks?

There are a few different cheeses used for Philly Cheese Steak : American Cheese, Cheeze Whiz and provolone.

American and Provolone: a favorite for their mild flavor and consistency.

Cheeze Whiz: a favorite at Pat’s and Geno’s for its bold cheesy flavor

I’ve chosen to avoid the processed cheese whiz but instead melt sharp cheddar cheese into the filling for a sharp cheesy flavor and add slices of provolone to the top of each Philly Cheese Steak to create a blanket of cheesy goodness.

What Bread is best for Philly cheesesteaks?

Most Philly Cheese Steaks are are served on Amoroso rolls. These are long, soft rolls that are slightly salted. When looking for rolls to serve your Best Philly Cheese Steak recipe at home, shop your local bakery or the bakery at your local grocery store for a soft hoagie roll.

How to Make Best Philly Cheese Steak Recipe

Step 1 – Marinate Steak: Marinating the steak is KEY for the Best Philly Cheese Steak recipe. The marinade is where all the flavor comes from AND it tenderizes the meat. Our marinade consists of a simple mixture of Dijon, balsamic, Worcestershire and seasonings.

Step 2: Slice Beef Thinly: What makes amazing marinated steak more amazing is slicing it as thinly as possible before you marinate it. You can also ask your butcher to do this for you on their meat slicer or the easiest way to do it yourself is to freeze your steak for 30 minutes or so before slicing it. You can also tenderize and pound your steak even thinner after you slice it if you want to get a little crazy about it. What we do for love.

Step 3 – Saute Veggies: After you saute your steak, onions and peppers (I use a combo of poblano pepper and bell peppers for more flavor).

Step 4 – Add cheese to filling: More magic begins with the addition of a little seasoned mayonnaise (a simple mixture of mayo with some reserved marinade), sharp cheddar cheese and pimientos.

Step 5 – Stir: Stir it all together until melted for some creamy cheesy meatiness…

Step 6 – Assemble: Now we’re ready to pile our cheese steak filling into our seasoned mayo slathered buns. And you better pile quickly because I could not stop eating the filling – and we haven’t even added the extra cheese yet!

Step 7 – More Cheese: Next, one of the most important parts, the crowning of our filling with more cheeeeese! I used Sargento® Provolone because its zestier than a younger Provolone, melts amazingly well and is 100% real cheese! Sargento Pepper Jack would also be delicious, or maybe a combo, either way you can’t go wrong with Sargento because all their Sargento® Sliced Cheese are always 100% real, natural cheese whereas Pasteurized Process Cheese Food, (sometimes known as American singles), is only required to contain 51% real cheese. And I like real cheese.

Step 8 – Bake: Finally, bake your Philly Cheese Steaks for 5 minutes or so for the cheese to become ooey gooey melty swoon worthy and the buns to crisp up with the seasoned mayonnaise…

What goes well with Philly cheese steak?

Philly Cheese Steak are often served with Fries, onion rings or potato chips and a green salad and/or pasta salad. And because this is the Best Philly Cheesesteak recipe, it deserves the very best sides! Here are some of my favorites:

The Best Philly Cheesesteak recipe made right in the comfort of your own home! These Cheesesteaks boasts crazy tender, marinated steak, flavorful crisp tender bell peppers and ooey gooey cheese all sandwich in between a hoagie bun. The incredible marinated steak and spiced mayo set these Philly Cheesesteaks worlds above other recipes and you won’t believe how easy they are. These Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches make a fabulous game day food, guest food, or just a fun dinner any night of the week.

Whisk all the Marinade ingredients together in a Ziploc bag. Remove 1 tablespoon Marinade and add to a small bowl with 1/2 cup mayonnaise to make "Spiced Mayonnaise". Add hot sauce to mayonnaise if desired and store in the refrigerator.

Prepare hoagie rolls by slicing each in half horizontally. Hollow out bottom and top halves of bread, leaving about 1/2-inch-thick shell.

Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil over in a large skillet over medium high heat until smoking. Pat excess marinade off steak and add to skillet. Cook undisturbed for 1 minute then continue to cook while stirring just until no longer pink, 1-2 minutes, chopping up meat with spatula as you cook. Remove to a paper towel lined plate. (You can also chop on a cutting board.)

Wipe out skillet and heat one tablespoon olive oil over medium high heat. Add peppers and onion and cook 6-8 minutes or until softened. Add steak back to pan along with 3/4 cup cheddar, 1 tablespoon Spiced Mayonnaise, pimientos (optional). Stir just until steak is warmed through and cheese begins to melt, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Spread each top and bottom half of hoagie roll with Spiced mayonnaise. Evenly divide beef mixture between bottom buns then top each with 2 slices provolone cheese. Bake hoagies open faced for 5 minutes or until cheese is completely melted. Replace top buns and eat immediately.

These are absolutely amazing! The mayo is to die for, so I’m doubling it this time! I’m also trying I with chicken tonight, since that’s what I’m craving. SO excited! I know my husband will be too when he sees this meal again 🙂

This is literal my favorite go-to food blog. You have so much flavor in every recipe. I am pumped to try this! Also, as a wife of a man who lived in Philly for many years, Pats and Genos is not the place to go (that’s the tourist spot)…if you end up in Philly definitely try ISHKABIBBLE’S.

This recipe was amazing! I researched 15 differ ones and this was the best. Made it tonight for super bowl. Made a differ mayo with chipotle adobo peppers and it was perfect with your recipe. My entire family said this was the best sandwich they ever had. Thank you. The marinade is the key.

I’ve used this recipe several times now, it never ever disappoints. Being a Brit I’ve never managed to find provolone in my local stores (NE Scotland) but leerdarmer is as close as. I’ve never seen the poblano peppers either, since I’m in the US right now I’ve managed to get both ingredients from Walmart easy as . For my UK counterparts they have a bit more bite than a normal pepper but not anywhere a jalapeño. I chuck pimento peppers in mine – and make the spicy mayo whenever I’m doing wedges or chips (fries). Just delicious every time.

Welcome to the US Kris! Thanks for taking the time to comment and make my day! I’m so happy this Philly Cheese Steak recipe is a favorite and that you’ve found other uses for the spicy mayo as well. Thanks for following along and for making my recipes!

Yet another winner! I had to adapt a couple things thanks to the pandemic but nothing that impacted the overall taste and success of the dish. It’s so good! (I’ll also point out, for anyone that might read this comment, Trader Joe’s now sells a shaved beef that works perfectly for this recipe.)

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